STS-70

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STS-70 was a 1995 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission that deployed the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-G (TDRS-G) and conducted various scientific experiments in low Earth orbit.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA spaceflight
Space Shuttle mission
apogee approximately 262 kilometers
callSign Discovery NERFINISHED
commander Terence T. Henricks NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crewMember Donald A. Thomas NERFINISHED
Kevin R. Kregel NERFINISHED
Mary Ellen Weber NERFINISHED
Nancy Jane Currie NERFINISHED
Terence T. Henricks NERFINISHED
crewNationality American
crewSize 5
inclination 28.45 degrees
landingDate 1995-07-22
landingSite KSC Shuttle Landing Facility Runway 33 NERFINISHED
Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility NERFINISHED
launchDate 1995-07-13
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B NERFINISHED
LC-39B NERFINISHED
launchYear 1995
missionDuration 8 days 22 hours 20 minutes
missionNumberInProgram 21st flight of Space Shuttle Discovery
70th Space Shuttle mission overall
missionPatchFeature Woodpecker to commemorate pre-launch damage incident
missionSpecialist Donald A. Thomas NERFINISHED
Mary Ellen Weber NERFINISHED
Nancy Jane Currie NERFINISHED
missionType Microgravity research mission
Orbital spaceflight
Satellite deployment mission
notableEvent First Space Shuttle launch from LC-39B after refurbishment for Shuttle-only operations
Launch delayed due to woodpecker damage to external tank insulation
operator NASA
orbit Low Earth orbit
orbiterVehicle OV-103 NERFINISHED
orbitsCompleted 143
payload Spartan 204 experiments and other microgravity experiments
TDRS-G NERFINISHED
perigee approximately 260 kilometers
pilot Kevin R. Kregel NERFINISHED
primaryObjective Deployment of Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-G (TDRS-G)
program Space Transportation System NERFINISHED
spaceAgency NASA
spacecraft Space Shuttle Discovery NERFINISHED
spaceShuttle Discovery NERFINISHED
spaceShuttleProgram Space Shuttle program NERFINISHED
TDRSSOrbitalSlot TDRS-7 (TDRS-G) in geosynchronous orbit
TDRSSSatelliteDeployed TDRS-G NERFINISHED
TDRSSSeries Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System NERFINISHED
woodpeckerIncident Northern flicker woodpeckers pecked holes in external tank foam insulation prior to original launch date

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